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[TALENT=Keith]

The latest news is next with Druckenmiller's defense, Strickler's final appeal...
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And we'll join the caravan for Rome, New York- -as the Southern contingent heads out for Woodstock '99.
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Tonight in sports, we'll go camping with the Avalanche, hear from the hyped Hokies and see what's up with their lofty expectations.
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And 35 year old Charles Haley signs a 12 million dollar contract with the 49ers.
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Isolated showers are popping up across the region, but they are very widely scattered, and dropping little in the way of rain. Stay tuned for the complete forecast.

[Druckenmiller]

Defense Attorneys for Jim Druckenmiller have been doing their best in recent hours to convince a jury ... that sex between their client and a Virginia Tech student was consensual.
And, they're relying on experts to get a "not guilty" verdict.
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Teresa is at the Montgomery County Courthouse, (where the trial continued right up to newstime.) (where the trial is still underway at this hour.)
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Q: So what is the status of the trial right now.[Strickler]

Convicted killer Tommy David Strickler may have run out of time.
In just three hours Strickler is scheduled to die for killing Roanoke Valley native Leeann Whitlock nine years ago.
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[Murder-Suicide]

Two people are dead in a murder-suicide in Pulaski County.
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It happened at the Camelot apartments in Fairlawn this morning.
Neighbors say a woman was delivering some kind of document to her ex-boyfriend, when he pulled her inside and locked the door.
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((SARAH YOUNGER/NEIGHBOR; MY MOTHER IN LAW SAID SHE HEARD 2 DOORS SLAMMING, WHICH I GUESS COULD HAVE BEEN HIM FIRING THE GUN.))
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Younger says the woman's teenage daughter was outside the apartment when it happened and called police, who found two bodies just inside the front door.
Investigators say no names will be released until they finish notifying family members.
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Police found the device in the front seat of her pick-up truck. Authorities said the bomb could have destroyed the vehicle and scattered shrapnel 600 feet.
Sullivan will be sentenced in October.
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[Lewis]

The jury may get the tax-evasion case against Doctor Verna Lewis tonight.
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The defense concluded with a summary of deductions Lewis overstated on her tax returns.
An accountant reviewed the returns and found a total of 38-thousand dollars in improper deductions over a three-year period... when she had about 400-thousand dollars a year in gross income.
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((WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE, ANYWHERE FROM LESS THAN 1% TO AS MUCH AS- -MAYBE- -8% OF ANY ONE YEAR. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEDUCTIONS THAT... THE I.R.S. IS ALLEGING WAS CLAIMED INAPPROPRIATELY.))
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Among the "inappropriate" deductions: an office the doctor set up at home, part of a two- story addition to her home in Daleville... and exercise equipment she claimed as a business expense.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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New concerns over safety on 81. That story is just ahead on News 7 at 6.
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[VO-NAT]

A Roanoke lawmaker wants the state to take a closer look at recent fatal accidents on Interstate 81.
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Since July fourth of last year, there have been 20 fatalities on the stretch of I- 81 between Wytheville and Lexington.
Delegate Chip Woodrum is asking Virginia State Police, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Motor Vehicles to review these accidents.
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((TWENTY FATALITIES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS OR SO IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND WE NEED TO DO IT NOW.))
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Woodrum says he hopes state experts can identify a common thread in these accidents and offer both immediate and long -term solutions.

[Indian-dig]

A Wythe County grand jury has returned indictments against three men accused of digging up a native American burial site.
Robert Miller, Arthur Roberts, and Larry Franklin Price are charged with misdemeanors.
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[SUPER=03-Wythe Co./Dec. 1998;]

The three are accused of conducting an archeological dig on property near Austinville without the proper permit.
State law requires approval for digs that involve the removal of human skeletal remains or associated artifacts from unmarked burial sites.
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[ANCHOR=Keith]
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If convicted, the three men could face up to a year in jail and a 25- hundred dollar fine.

A hearing is scheduled next week.[Bassett]

Bassett Furniture is paying more than half a million dollars to settle federal charges that it polluted the air.
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The company will pay 575-thousand dollars for operating four boilers that federal regulators say violated the Clean Air Act.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Bassett's boilers put out too much dust and soot ...for more than five years.
Bassett officials say they've fixed the problems. They've also agreed to spend one-point-six million dollars to help prevent future pollution.
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[Stocks]

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Blue Chip Stocks failed to make up much of the ground lost yesterday.
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[SUPER=434-ib/17b/id/67a/h#/37e/i*/80#/i1$/45$;][JFK-Book]

J-F-K Junior's body along with the bodies of his wife and sister-in-law have been recovered from the waters off Martha's Vineyard.
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Local citizens have the opportunity to offer their condolences to the Kennedy family.
Duane Howard has placed memorial books in all of Roanoke's public library branches.
He says signing the books may help people cope with what he sees as a national tragedy.
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((DUANE HOWARD/ MEMORIAL ORGANIZER: IT SORT OF SEEMED LIKE A NIGHTMARE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE GOING TO WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY WERE GOING TO FIND HIM ALIVE AND WELL.))
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One library patron sees her signature as the only thing she can do ...now that hope and prayers won't change anything.
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((SHARON WOODEN/ LIBRARY PATRON: IT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER KNOWING THAT I'VE DONE A LITTLE SOMETHING AND, LIKE I SAID, WE DO CARE.))
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Duane Howard plans to send all the books to Senator Ted Kennedy in a couple of weeks.
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[Missing-Man]

Police in North Carolina believe they've found the body of a missing Elliston man.
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It's been several weeks since 78-year- old Samuel Lewis Mallory was last seen driving his Mazda pickup truck.
The vehicle was discovered yesterday over a steep embankment, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Ash County, North Carolina.
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[Police-Sheriff]

Virginia State Police in the Martinsville area have been warned: Stay out of local politics while on duty.
It followed complaints about a state trooper in Martinsville who drove a Henry County Sheriff's candidate to a campaign event in a police car.
The state police commander delivered the "stay out" message last week.
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Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Massengill in Richmond says: "We have rules and regulations against partisan politics as far as on-duty activities of our members."
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They're going to Woodstock.
30 years ago, it was the counterculture's coming-out party.
Today, it's the place where Julie Craig will lead the caravan she started with a note she posted in Cyberspace.
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((JULIE CRAIG: MOST OF THESE PEOPLE, WE'VE JUST KNOWN EACH OTHER OVER THE LAST MONTH ON THE NET. YOU KNOW, E-MAIL. ))

W-R-O-V D-J Rob "Ruthie" Ruthenberg is going north, too.
He's taking a Volkswagon bus loaded with flower power...
But has no illusions that this will be his father's Woodstock.
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((RUTHIE: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AND PEOPLE PUTTING FLOWERS IN THE BARRELS OF RIFLES ANYMORE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS THAT ARE TATOOED TO THE HILT AND HAVE ENOUGH PIERCINGS TO SET OFF A METAL DETECTOR.))
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And it's not just the look of audience that's changed ... it's how the audience will look at the concert.
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((SCOTT GOLDBERG: THIRTY YEARS AGO, YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO GET THE EXPERIENCE.
BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR THE 1999 MODELS OF FLOWER CHILDREN. IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE PILGRAMMAGE THEY CAN WATCH THE WHOLE THING ON PAY PER VIEW OR ON THE INTERNET.))
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[S-Haley]

The San Francisco 49ers may be keeping tabs on the Druckenmiller trials this week, but they are moving forward with plans for the upcoming season.
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Today the team finalized a contract with former JMU great Charles Haley.
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The Campbell County native was back home in Naruna last month for his two day football camp, he told us then that he would likely end up playing for the Niners.
And today he signed a four year $12 million dollar contract.
Haley is 35 years old. He will be a pass rushing specialist.
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[S-Barbers]

For a third year, Roanoke's Habitat for Humanity will kick off the 99 NFL season with help from Ronde and Tiki Barber.
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They have donated a package for two that includes tickets to the Giants/Bucs game September 12th, air fare, one night's stay, and dinner with the Barbers. You can enter by dropping off five bucks to donations booths at Kroger Towne Square Shopping Center and the Brambleton Kroger July 31st. A winner will be drawn August 15th
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[S-Hype]

The Hokies will have to put extra effort into ignoring the hype when the Virginia Tech football team begins practice August 12th.
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The Hokies, who spent many years wondering when they would get respect, are picked sixth in the Athlon Sports pre-season poll and 11th by Street & Smith's pre season college football publication.
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((FRANK BEAMER/VIRGINIA TECH FOOTBALL COACH:I THINK IT'S A NEW DAY AT VIRGINIA TECH. THE HIGH RANKINGS, THAT'S WHAT WE WORK FOR. AND NOW WITH THE NEW DAY HERE, WHETHER WE CAN DEFEND THAT POSITION. SO, I WELCOME IT, IT'S WHAT WE'VE WORKED AWFULLY HARD TO GET TO AND NOW WE NEED TO SAY HEY, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE RIGHT NOW, A DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION AND ARE WE THE TYPE OF TEAM THAT CAN DEFEND THAT.))
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Returning eight starters on defense, including Corey Moore, who is expected to be an All-American, has not deterred the Sporting News magazine from ranking Tech 30th in their pre-season Power poll.
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((YOU LOOK AT ONE MAGAZINE WE'RE SIXTH, YOU LOOK IN THE NEXT MAGAZINE WE'RE 33RD. YOU LOOK IN ANOTHER ONE WE'RE 15TH AND I JUST WROTE A LETTER TO OUR KIDS TODAY, THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHERE PEOPLE THINK YOU SHOULD FINISH, IT'S WHERE WE THINK WE SHOULD FINISH AND HOW HARD WE'RE WORKING TO FINISH IN THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY SO, IT STILL GETS DOWN TO YOUR FOCUS YOUR, WORK HABITS, YOUR ATTENTION DETAIL, AND WHAT YOU DO, NOT WHAT THEY WRITE ABOUT YOU.))
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[S-Music]

In other Tech football related news, the Big East and the Music City Bowl have announced a multi year agreement to send a league team to the Nashville, Tennessee based game.
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The Hokies won the Inaugural Music City Bowl, crushing Alabama 38-7. This partnership, which is in place for the next three years, will match a big East team against a selection from the Southeastern Conference. The Music City Bowl will take the fourth selection from the Big East.
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[S-Camp]

Over at Memorial Stadium today, A group of kids were getting the fundamentals of baseball first hand from members of the Salem Avalanche.
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60 kids from several different age groups were instructed on the fundamentals of the game running the bases, hitting and fielding.
It's the third year the Avalanche has lended a hand with the camp.
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[S-AVS]

Tonight, The Avalanche will work on their fundamentals in game two of a four game set with the Kinston Indians.
It's a key series because going into tonights game the Avalanche leads the Indians by a only a game.
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As we told you earlier - Tommy Strickler is scheduled to die tonight for the murder of college student Leann Whitlock of Salem.
Steve Smallshaw will join us for another live report at 11.
Plus, a drive is underway to make one local community a town - but is everyone behind it?
The public speaks out, tonight.
Join us for those stories and more, on News 7 at 11.